Ireland Training Visa

Due to the long-standing agreement called the Common Travel Agreement between the UK and Ireland, British nationals and some British overseas territories citizens hold automatic entry clearance when wanting to go to Ireland. UK citizens hold the right to travel, visit, and work without any restrictions. The same privilege is granted to Irish citizens who do not require UK visas to go to the UK and are permitted to work in the UK, attend education, including secondary school and even access public funds.

If British nationals want to go to Ireland, they need to follow immigration rules and travel with their valid passports, which the immigration officer will look at in order to be granted entry clearance. If you don’t already have a British passport, you should obtain one prior to your trip to Ireland. EU nationals, citizens of the European Economic Area, and Switzerland do not require a visa to enter Ireland for a period of up to three months. That means that you can participate in a short training course without having to first go through the visa application process.

If you are living in the UK by way of a valid immigration category or immigration route, such as a student visa but are not from the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must make a work visa application and meet all the requirements to get the training visa.

The application begins in your home country or the country of which you are a legal resident. If you require a visa to come to Ireland for training, you have to submit your application from a country where you are a legal resident.

It is recommended to apply for the Training Visa a minimum of three months prior to your trip to Ireland, so there is sufficient time for the processing.

To complete the application, you need to do it online. In the application form, you must explain what the purpose of your trip to Ireland is and provide personal information. After you submit the application, you will be shown a web page with summary information with the Visa Application Transaction Number, Application summary sheet, which you should print and sign and sent to the appropriate application office together with other supporting documents, and lastly, the details of which application office you need to send your application and required documents to. After your application is submitted, you have to pay the visa fees.

When applying for the Training Visa to Ireland, you have to submit a number of supporting paperwork that proves your eligibility for it.
These are:

• Valid Passport with a minimum of pages free to fill with the visa.
• An application letter stating the reason for your trip to Ireland, the dates you intend to arrive and leave the country
• The cost associated with the trip per your personal bank account.
• Details of the training course and the confirmation of you have registered for it
• Proof of having paid for the training course
• Evidence that the training course will be relevant to your work,  education, university or professional development
• Details of your accommodation in Ireland
• Information regarding who will cover the expenses of your trip including if it’s a family member, spouse or civil partner.
• A letter from your employer/sponsor organization outlining further information about the training course, how it relates to your work, the dates of the course, who will be covering the expenses of the trip and when you will be returning to work
• A letter of invitation from the training company that describes the course you are accepted to attend, the dates it is due to start and end and that you are listed as an attendee

Some individual cases require other documents depending on your case. It is important to offer up original documents in either English language or Irish. If you don’t have them in either language, you must get the papers translated by an approved translator into the English language.